Baby-jumper.



PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

J. A. MOREHOUSE.

BABY JUMPER.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 30,1904.

NO MODEL.

' WITNESSES:

INVENTOI? Jule 0Q. Jirefiaa-re ATTOHN Srarns Nr r Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAHN-JUNIPER...

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,386, dated December 13, 1904.

Application filed April 30, 1904. Serial No. 205,711. (No model.)

To all, 11/72/0111 it many concern.-

Be it known that l, J ANE A. Monurrouse, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Baby-Jumper, of which the following is a full, clear, and. exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide aspring-supported rest or seat for young children, so constructed and suspended that a saddle is formed beneath an opening in the frame, which saddle is connected with said frame at the front and rear ofthe opening and is fitted with an upholstered or padded seat so shaped at its side edges as to afford perfect freedom to the lower limbs of the child when seated and to so sustain the frame from an overhead support that a spring-controlled. action will be obtained in a vertical direction while the frame is free to swing laterally.

Another purpose of the invention is to pro- Vide a table or tray adapted to hold food or playthings, which tray is removably connected with the frame of the jumper.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafterfully setforth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved baby-jumper. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a central section taken practically'on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view illustrative of the manner in which the table or tray is connected with the body-frame.

A represents what 1 term the body-frame, and this body-frame may be made in one piece or in sections. It is adapted to be horizontally held, being provided at its central por tion with a preferably circular opening 10 of sufiicient size to accommodate the lower portion of the trunk of the average child.

The body-frameA is held in the horizontal position above referred to preferably by means of four cords 11, which are usually passed through openings at the corner portions of the frame and are then knotted beneath the frame, as is shown at 11 in Fig. 3; but these cords may be secured to the frame A, in any suitable or approved manner.

The cords are brought together at their upper ends and are preferably secured to the lower portion of a spring 12, which spriugin its turn is attached to an overhead support; but the cords 11 when together may be attached directly to a rigid overhead support, if so desired. I

A saddle B is suspended from the bodyframe A. This saddle is made preferably of a pliable materialsuch as leather, oil-cloth, leatherette, or the like-and comprises a rear apron-section 13, aforward apron-section 14:, and a connecting seat-section 15.

The upper ends of the forward and rear apron-sections are secured in any suitable or approved manner to the body-frame at corresponding portions of the opening 10 therein. Preferably the rear apron-section 13 is wider than the forward apron-section 14.

The seat-section 15 is upholstered-that is to say, it is of pillow formation, having a lilling 16 of a soft material, as is shown best in Fig. 3--and the side edges of the seat-section 15 are oppositely curved, as is shown in Fig. 2, so that the seat-section will acconnnodate a child, the low 21' limbs passing down, one at each side of the said seat-section, without the possibility of chafing or irritating the person, and the upholstering in the seat-section 15 renders this portion exceedingly comfortable when in use.

The frame A may be a board or it may be made of any suitable material and may be, and usually is, provided with a covering 17 of some description. In order that the edge of the opening 10 in the body-frame shall not bear unpleasantly upon the body of the occupant of the jumper, the said edge of the said opening is provided with a padding 17 of any suitable or approved construction, as is illustrated in Fig. 3. l

Vi hile the device is practically complete as above described, a table or tray 18 is usually employed in connection therewith at the front, and on this table or tray food may be placed, toys, or any other desired article. This table or tray 18 is provided with angular brackets 19, the outer vertical and downwardly-extending members 20 of said brackets being made to enter slots or openings 21, produced in the body-frame A, as is shown best in Fig. 4:.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a baby-jumper, a body-frame having an opening therein adapted to accommodate the lower portion of the trunk of the occupant, a saddle adapted to be suspended from the under portion of the body-frame below the opening in said frame, which saddle consists of front and rear vertically-extending apron-sections and a lower connecting seatsection, padded and having its side edges oppositely curved, as described.

2. A baby-jumper consisting of a bodyframe having an opening therein, a padding at the edge of the opening, suspension-cords attached to the body-frame, a spring connected with said cords at theirupper ends, a saddle extending downward from the under portion of the body-frame at the opening in the same, the said saddle consisting of upright front and rear apron-sections, the rear apronsection being wider than the forward one, and a connecting seat-section, upholstered and provided with side edges curved in opposite directions, a table, and brackets carried by the said table, the body-frame being provided with openings in which members of the said brackets are reniovably entered, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JANE A. MOREHOUSE.

Witn esses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

